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Bahia and San Francisco Railway Company Records


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0103 BAHIA

Held at: University College London

Title: Bahia and San Francisco Railway Company Records

Date(s): 1901

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 1 file

Name of creator(s): Bahia and San Francisco Railway Company Ltd

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

The first surveys of the Bahia and San Francisco railway in Brazil were made by Charles Vignoles in 1854. Works were not commenced until the year 1857, and were completed in 1861. Vignoles was the Engineer-in-Chief.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Liquidation papers of the Bahia and San Francisco Railway Company, 1901.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

Conditions governing access:

Open. The papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Photocopies/photographs/microfilm are supplied for private research only at the Archivist's discretion. Please note that material may be unsuitable for copying on conservation grounds, and that photographs cannot be photocopied in any circumstances. Researchers who wish to publish material must seek copyright permission from the copyright owner.

Physical characteristics:

Finding aids:

Detailed catalogue

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

Accruals:

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Unknown.

ALLIED MATERIALS

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Archivist's note: Compiled by Rachel Kemsley as part of the RSLP AIM25 project. Source: Access to Archives (A2A): http://www.a2a.pro.gov.uk

Rules or conventions: Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions: Jul 2002


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Private enterprises | Enterprises
Railway companies | Railway transport | Transport
Transport companies

Personal names

Corporate names
Bahia and San Francisco Railway Company Ltd

Places
San Francisco | California | USA | North America